Student & Teacher Workshops
Student Workshops
Student workshops provide opportunities for experiential development in premier leadership, personal growth and career success. Workshops are offered Wednesday through Saturday at the following times:
- Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2 - 5 p.m.
- Thursday, Oct. 22 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.*
- Friday, Oct. 23 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. *
- Saturday, Oct. 24 8:30 a.m. - Noon
* (starting every half hour)
All workshops are held in the Indiana Convention Center. For specific times, locations and workshop descriptions, see our complete Student Workshops document. Student workshops are sponsored by U.S. Army, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, American Society of Agronomy, the American Veterinary Medical Association, Beck’s Hybrids, Organic Valley, American Welding Society, American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation & Grayson- Jockey Club Research, BKD, McDonalds, and Fifth Third of Central Indiana as a special project of the National FFA Foundation.
Teacher Workshops (Interactive Classrooms) Located in the NEW Teachers’ World
Are you looking for ways to incorporate innovative methods, new technology and current issues into your classrooms? If so, attend the interactive teacher workshops to make your classroom come to life. Discover innovative ideas and activities, receive free instructional materials and learn strategies to increase student engagement. Workshops are conducted at hour and a half intervals during each day of the career show. For updates, check the educator workroom at www.ffa.org/ageducators.
Also, stop by the National Association of Agricultural Educators’ (NAAE) booth on Thursday, Oct. 22 and tell NAAE why students should consider a career in agricultural education. They’ll be collecting these bits of wisdom for the NAAE’s National Teach Ag Day video. No need to prepare - they’ll ask the questions. Just speak from the heart and help NAAE convince students to Teach Ag!
The Agriscience Institute, sponsored by DuPont, will focus on food safety, alternative energies, and biofuels. Topics change hourly, and participants will have the opportunity to conduct lab experiments, watch teachers model effective inquiry-based instruction and see how to put the “experience” back into experiential learning. Mark your schedule to see and participate in the Agriscience Institute convention classroom.
The Pfizer Animal Health classroom will showcase industry training events, careers in animal industries and instructional lessons written by classroom teachers utilizing Pfizer’s training materials. See teacher-partners demonstrate how they deliver industry-validated content utilizing a variety of teaching strategies to increase student competencies in swine production, bovine and swine infectious diseases and immunology. Experience immunology made easy through “Body Wars, Parts 1-3.” Take home resources, lessons and content material you can use in your classroom immediately.
The Teacher Professional Development Classroom will include a variety of subjects including: practical strategies for success with diverse student populations; personal financial management; how to effectively utilize multimedia instructional materials; organic foods and niche markets; canine care and training programs that lead to certification; service learning; LifeKnowledge; and integrating games into the agricultural education classroom.
The Interactive Classrooms for Teacher Professional Development are sponsored by DuPont, Pfizer, U.S. Army, CEV Multimedia, Continental Kennel Club, CSREES, Elanco, GMAC Financial Services, Horizon Organic, FFA CORE Catalog and LifeKnowledge.
PALS Workshop
Impactful Tutoring Strategies for Mainstream and Underserved Youth
Wednesday, Oct. 21, 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Indiana Convention Center, Room 103
This workshop will be presented by Carole Richards, president of North Coast Education Services. It will be an engaging, interactive workshop that demonstrates tutoring, teaching, and training techniques effective with youth from 6 to 18 years of age. It will feature strategies utilized in the nationally recognized, research-based RICHARDS READS Systematic Learning program. This program utilizes multisensory techniques that are effective regardless of learning styles or differences.
The Convention website is sponsored in part by STIHL as a special project of the National FFA Foundation.
